Improvement in clothes-driers



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'y JOHN 'J-I. ELLIOTT, 0F .GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 110,347, dated December 20, 1870.

IMPRVEMENT IN .CL'CTHES-DRIERS.

The Schedule referred to inthese Lettera Patent and making pari: of the same.

`To all whom it may conce-rn Be it knownY um i, Join: mansion, of Graad Rapids, in the county of Kent and State'of Michigan, have invented. certain new and useful Improve- .ments in Clothes-Driers; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference. being had to the accompanying 'drawing and to the lettersot'reiereuce marked thereon, making a part of this specification. y

.The nature of my invention consists in the construction audarraugement of a clothes-drier, as will beliereinafter fully s et forth.

In order'to enableothers skilled in the art to Y which my invention appertaius vto make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, refenringto the annexed drawing, which represents a vertical section of my clothes-drier.

A represents a round post of any suitable dimensions, having its lowerl end made square.

On the upper end of the post A is placed a collar, B, or socket, which ,is pivoted on the post by means of a. central' screw, a, as shown,- so that itfcan be turned around on the post.

This collar B is provided on its'outer circumference p with'ears or projections at equal .distances apart, iu

which are pivoted braces 'G O.

The lower endsof these braces are pivoted to the I arms D D, the inner ends ofwhich'are, in turn, pivo'ted'to or between ears or projections on a collar, B', that slides up and down on the post A.

The arms D D are provided with holes, as shown, through which is passed the' clothes-line or clothes'- lines.

p Any tension can be given the lines by raising or Especially is this adjustability useful to Yprevent great strain on wet lines.

The collar B is held at any height desired by means of a pin,.b, as shown.

Tllelower end ofthe post A, as above mentioned, is square, and in the lower end is made' a groove. This end of the postA is inserted between two ears,

E E, permanently secured o ue to each side of a sta- `tionary post, G, and the groove in the end of thepost A fits over a pin, d, passed through said pieces E E.

Another pin, e, also passed through these pieces, holds the post A in an upright position, it being prevented from being lifted ont by means ofa pin, i, projectiug from the stationary post G,bet\veeu the pieces E-E into the post A.

By taking out the pin e and leaning the post A far enough to disn'gage the pin c', the post-G can be lifted ont, the arms folded, and the clothes-drier put out of the Way.

The pin e may be changed into other holes in the pieces E *E and .the post C tilted to any desired angle, so that the lines may be reached conveniently by a person standing on the ground.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe combination ofthe stationary post G, piecesE l E, pins d, e, and fi, and they post A, said post being lgrooved at its lower end, and provided with thecollars B B', braces C C, and arms D D, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I' claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of Novemher,

XVitnesses:

J. D. BOYD, H. B. DAVIS.

JOHN T. ELLIOTT. 

